Peer Support Worker (Lived Experience)
Core
Provide safe, purposeful peer support to individuals experiencing suicidal distress, mental health challenges, or recovery using your own lived experience.
Role type
Peer Support Worker (Lived Experience)
Builds
Genuine relationships and connections that support participant wellbeing, recovery, and self-determination within the Adelaide Universal Support Service.
Domain
Mental health and community services
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Lived experience of suicidal distress, mental health challenges, or recovery; ability to maintain professional boundaries; recovery-oriented support; trauma-informed care
Preferred skills
Mental Health First Aid training; ASIST training; experience in peer support or community services
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Build authentic peer relationships promoting hope and self-determination; support participants in identifying goals and accessing services; use lived experience to strengthen peer-informed practice; respond to distress and collaborate on safety concerns
Seniority
Entry-level to Mid-level, hands-on IC